Vehicle-wheel rim.



No. 864,911. PATENTBDSEPT. 3. 1.907.

J. M. PADGBTT.

VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1906v wuQm/kofa 6MM/Mmmm 151?? 6J.' e 6% snout-MW of improved construction y toA pernit the tire to be JAMES MILLARD PADeETnror Omron.

TOPEKA, KANSAS.

VEHICLE-WHEEL vRIM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled 3, 1906.

Patented sept. 3,' 1907. Serial No- 315.037.

To all .who-1L 'it mayenne-em: v

Be'i t known that I, JAMES MILLIlRD' PADGTT, a citizen ol' the United States, 'residing at Topeka, in the county of Shmmee and State'of Kansas, vhave invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheel Rires; and4 I do declare the following to be a full, clear, sind exact description of the invention, such as will enable 4others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This 'invention relates to improvements bile and other vehicle Wheels which employ pneumatic or solid rubber tires, the object being to provideja rim having a detachable ,fflenching flange,` which when in Vpositionwill securely hold 4the tire in. place,`and which lnay be readily removed I slipped from' the rim without injury to "the tire, and my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.k Y

In the accompanying elevation of la. wheel rim embodying my improvements, showing it pneumatic .tire thereon; Fig. 2is a transverse sectional View ol the saine; Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the same; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional perspective View of the removable clenching flange; showing the ends thereof separated from each other, as when such clenching fiange is detached from the Wheel. v

n the periphery of the-folly l of the wheel isthe rirn 2, which is formed at one side with an integral, outwardlyprojecting, inWardly-curvedyixed clenching flange 3 'to engage the 4 bead abn on'eside of the pneumatic tire c. The opposite side of ther-iin Zalso' projectslaterally beyond the felly 1,and is suitably upt'urned and is con cave on its upper or 4outer- Jside to vform an annular, concave groove orehang1el`4,' wh ich lies slightly without lprovide, in. combination wil-h flange .1Q-which is in effect a split the been, before tire. The'ffiange 5,in which the sait groove or channel ,is forr'nedisprovided :with a radial opening 6. On the inner 4convent side of ysaid iiange .is secured one end ola spring arm 7, as at 8. IIfhe heee-nd of the said spring-arm is bent substantially at right :Lnles'to novide an integral locking stud 9.A The action of the rsaid springarin is to normally project the point of thesziid loekingstudtadially beyond thegconcave groov/ed or channeled facie 4 of the llang 5 to engage the radial "opening 1.5 inthe endll oflthe clenching flange 10, thereby llocking the same to the ri n1 2. I also l i such rini 2, a. detachal'rle annular clenching ring; the opposing endspfwhich Aare beveled, as at 11, 12, 'and which is curved infcross-section to correspond in shape with the integral'clenching flange 3 oi the rim to provide theconvexbuter sifle 13, which isadapted l to fit inthe concave' groove or channel l of the rim in autom odrawings,-1 `igurle l ie a side Harige 5, and the vinner, concave ,lace or channel 14 adapted to receive the bead b of the pneumatic tire. I 1t will be observed by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, that owing tothe outward inclination o f the flange i 5, the outer edge thereof is radially without the lateral j plane of the rini, so that the said llange by its engage nient with the seidside of the detachable split elench ing flange 10,' tende to secure the latter in place to env able seid detachable clenching flange to resist' the lateral thrust of they pneu'rnetic tire. The said clenching ila-nge is provided near the end, llfwitli a,y radial opening 1.5 for engagement by the sprl' 11g-pressed locking stud 9. Said detachble clenehiug flange is provided iiear the end' 12 with a l1ooked-shaped projectiugstud 16 to engage an opening 17 in the flange 5 of the rim 2.

lt will be understoodupon reference to Fig. fl, that the under-cut beveled end l2 of thodetachablc clenching :ll-ange l0 overlaps and bears against the reversely cut beveled end l]v thm-obl, preventing the end ll fron springing up and disengaging from the stud 9. The clenching flange .may bereinoved from the rim to perv Init the tire to be slipped therefrom by first disengaging the spring-pressed.'locking stud 9 from the opening l5 in the end l1 of said detachable' clenching flange. In replacing the detachable elenehing ilenge, the stud .TGM f on the end l2 thereof is first engaged With the opening 17 in the flange 5 of the rim 2. Said detachable clench- 'ing flange is pressed inwardly into the groove or channel V4 of said flange 5, and by means ol' `a siiitable tool the end 11 of said detachable clenching flange is drawn toward the end 12 thereof until the opening 15 registers with the opening 6 in the channel 4 of the rini'lange 5, when the stud 9 by the notion of thespriug erm 7 will enter said openings l5 .and 6, thereby locking said end 1l of the detachable elenching flange in lplace.

. To prevent Ithe pneumatic tire from creeping, .a suitable number of bolts 18 may be employed. as shown in Fig. 2.

| Having thus described myinvention, what l claim asnew, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, s,- h Ineoxnbination with a wheel rim having 4:1n annular groeve 'an annular detachable clenehing flange tu enter l said groove and bear against a tire, said detaehnble clenching flange bengcutto form' separable, 1'eve1'se1y7beveled ends, one to overlap the other, said ends andthe said vwheel rim ybeing provided with, cl3-acting studs and stud receiving openings to lock said clenching flange in place. the study which securesL the tai-liableclenchingflange being movable 'Ind having a, i sp1-ing to normally hold it in loekingp'osition. l In testimony whereof I have hereunto setgny hand in presence of tvvo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES MinLARD PADGETT.

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